Improvement in machines for compressing fluted goods



G. ADREANGE. Machine for Compressing Fluted Good s No. 218,850. PatentedAug. 26,1879.

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GABRET ADREANGE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINES FOR COMPRESSING FLUTED GOODS. u

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 218,850, dated August26, 1879; application filed June 28, 1879.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GARRET ADREANGE, of

' Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of long shallow box havinga hinged lid and one open end, and being of a depth equal to thethickness of the fluted goods. The strip of goods is placed in this box,its surplus portion hanging out at the open end, and the lid is closedand fastened down. The surplus goods is then drawn into the box byinserting the fingers through slots in the lid, and when it is all drawnin and the flutes closed sufficiently together the end is fastened, andthe goods is then steamed and afterward driedin the box by the agency ofheat, whereby the flutes are given a permanent set and sufficientelasticity. This method of reeling, however, is very slow and expensive,and does not admit of compressing the goods, or of preparing a longstrip at a time.

My invention has for its object to overcome these defects; and consistsof an open trough in which to place the goods, and a sliding cover torest upon the same, each provided with a projecting blade or ledge, toengage the flutes in the goods and between which to compress them, thecover being capable of rising as the material thickens under pressure.

It also further consists in certain details of arrangement andconstruction, which will be fully hereinafter set forth.

In the drawings, Figure l is a vertical lon- Fig. 2 is a transversesection taken in the plane of the linear a, and Fig; 3 is a plan of thefront end of the machine. Figs. 4 and 5 aresectional views on a largerscale, showing a portion of the machine containing the goods before andduring the compression of the latter.

Let Arepresent a shallow trough with open ends, its side walls, a a,being, preferably, straight and vertical, and its bottom flat. B

is a slider, having, preferably, a plane under surface and straightparallel sides, and being of such width as to fit easily between thewalls of the trough, and of a length corresponding approximately to thatof the trough itself. This slider is provided with a handle, I), at ornear its rear end, and on or near this end is arranged adownwardly-projecting blade, ledge, or strip, 0. A corresponding bladeor strip, 1D, is arranged at or near the front end of the trough A andprojects upward. These blades may be formed in one piece with the partsto which they belong, or they may be made separately and attached tothem in any suitable manner. They should be straight, and be brought toa dull knife-edge, so as not to cut or injure the fabric operated upon.

So far as described the operation of my machine is as follows: A stripof fluted goods is laid in the trough A, which should be of about thesame width as the goods with which it is to be used, and the front endof the strip is abutted against the blade D, or a few flutes are passedover the blade and the goods pressed down upon the latter, so that itenters between two flutes. The slider B is then laid on, and its blade 0abuts against the back end of the strip of goods, or is inserted betweentwo of its flutes in the same manner as D. The slider is then pushedforward by means'of its handle I), it being guided by the sides a, a ofthe trough, and as it advances its blade 0 carries forward the goodsahead of it,

and presses the same against the blade D at the front end of the trough.

As the goods is confined in the space between the trough and the slider,it cannot escape or be forced in any other direction than 4longitudinally, so that it is compressed between the two blades 0 and Dwith aforce depending only on the strength of the operator. The goods isshown before being compressed in Fig. 4, and during compression in Fig.5.

In case the strip. of goods being operated upon is longer than thetrough A, as it may be, and usually is, it is compressed a portion at atime in several successive operations, the slider B being removed afterthe first compression, the compressed portion of goods passed forwardover the blade D, and the slider brought back into its first position,and this operation being repeated as many times as may be necessary tocompress or reef the entire length of goods.

The blades 0 D should project a distance equal to the thickness of thefluted goods before being compressed, as shown in Fig. 4. As the goodsis compressedit, of course, thickens, and as it thickens it lifts theslider D, so that the latter 'is no longersupported by the edges of theblades, but by the material itself, as seen in Fig. 5. Thus the flutesin the goods are brought-to a sharp edge or fold and given apermanentand closer set than has been heretofore possible.

When the slider is pushed forward in compressing the goods, the greaterportion of its length projects beyond the front end of the trough. Tosustain and guide this portion and relieve the operator of its Weight, Ipro,

vide a support, E, (shown in Figs. 1 and 3,) which. is preferably aroller, but which may be a flat bracket orarm or other provision whichwill sustain the projecting portion of the slider.

I prefer to attach the blades 0 D adjustably to their carriers, in orderthat they may be set to project therefrom more or less, and thusaccommodate'goods of a coarser or finer flute. This I prefer toaccomplish by the use of setscrews entering the parts to which theblades are secured through slots in the blades.

The same trough may be used for different widths of goods by soconstructing one or both of its sides a a that it or they may be setnearer to or farther from the center. In Figs. 2 and 3 I have shown oneside so con- 'structvd, the means of adjustment being by set-screwspassing through slots in the side strip.

' A different-sized slider, B, may be used for each different width ofgoods, or one slider may have pieces or strips to flt upon its sides, bywhich its width may be changed.

f I prefer to subject the goods to the action of heat while it is beingoperated upon, in order to give the corrugations a more permanent andelastic set, and to accelerate the operation of the machine. Toaccomplish this I form a heating-cavity, F, under the trough A, and inthis cavity I place a gas-stove or atmospheric burner, Gr. Air tosupport combustion is admitted through notches or apertures c c in theside walls of the cavity or under its bottom, and the products ofcombustion esof the trough in which the goods is held while I beingcompressed, as seen in Fig. 5.

' Instead of the gas-burner Gr, any other heatgenerator maybe employed,or the cavity F mgygbeiciosedgana steamer hot water be adniitted'to'fit.g a

'In order that the goods, after being reefed,

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shall not be'spread or pulled open by breaking around a sharp angleafter leaving the blade D, I provide the inclined and curved guide H,forming a continuation of the trough A, and which conveys the goods in agentle 'curve'to, the table on which the machine is placed.

V The back or entering end of the trough A and the front end of theslider B are preferably curved, to avoid injuring the goods by contactwith abrupt angles.

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consisting of the trough A, provided with a projecting blade, D, or anend wall, with a slider, B, provided with a ledge, wall, or blade,

0, adapted to operate together substantially as set forth.

3. A machine for compressing fluted goods, consisting of a trough, A, toreceive the goods, and a slider, B, to rest upon the same, each providedwith a projecting blade or ledge to engage the goods, and the slidercapable of rising as the material thickens while being compressed,substantially as set forth.

4. The combination of the trough A and slider B, with their attachedblades D and G,

the latter being capable of vertical adjustment, substantially as andfor the purposes set forth. I

5. The support E, in combination with trough A and slider B,substantially as set forth. 6. The trough A, provided with aheatingcavity, F,-beneath it, in combination with a slider, B,substantially as set forth.

7. The combination, with a slider, B, provided with a blade or walk-C,of a trough, A, provided with a blade or wall, D, and having sides a a,one or each of which is adjustable toward or from the other,substantially as set forth.

8. The delivering'incline H, in combination with the trough A, slider B,and blades 0 D, substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence oftwosubscribing GARRET ADREANOE.

Witnessesf'f ARTHUR C. FRASER,

GEORGE H. FRASER.

